Re: [ox-en] Germ of a new form of society or germ of a new form of business?
- From: "Benj. Mako Hill" <mako debian.org>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 23:16:47 -0800
On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 12:43:38AM -0000, Niall Douglas wrote:
For me, ideal free software is that whose use engenders the maximum
rate of step-change innovation and thus maximum increasing usefulness
and productivity for the user(s).
You are welcome to define the term "Free Software" however you like
but please be aware that this term has been formalized and defined in
the Free Software Definition, elaborated on it in the Debian Free
Software Guidelines and expanded upon it in the the Open Source
Definition and has a very *specific* meaning that is not the one you
seem to be using.
The majority of people you want to convince of your position are going
to be confused by the way you are using the term because free software
already means something different to them.
Unless your intention is to render the term totally meaningless in
your conversations (something that some folks on this list have argued
has already happened already in a broad sense), *please* choose a
different term to refer to software licensed in such a way to maximize
useful productivity; Free software is taken.
Regards,
Mako
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Benjamin Mako Hill
mako debian.org
http://mako.yukidoke.org/